9:58 PM ET Associated Press LONG BEACH, Calif. — Jimmie Johnson injured his hand Friday in a crash during practice at the Long Beach Grand Prix. The seven-time NASCAR champion said he needed further evaluation. Johnson did not remove his hands from the steering wheel — standard practice in open wheel racing but not common
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Check out Kevin Windham, Adam Cianciarulo, and Broc Tickle as they test the very first hybrid race track at the inaugural Monster Energy Cup. With a chance to win a million dollars, be sure to check out the racing action on Speed Saturday, October 15, 2011 LIVE from Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, NV.
Quartararo is out of contract with Yamaha at the end of this season, having signed with the Japanese marque to join its factory squad for 2021 – replacing MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi. The Frenchman went on to win the 2021 title, ending a six-year drought for Yamaha dating back to Jorge Lorenzo in 2015, with
The second 45-minute session of the weekend took place under perfect conditions at the Circuit of the Americas, with lap times instantly surmounting the best from FP1. Ducati’s Jack Miller was the first to break Alex Rins’ benchmark from this morning with a 2m03.567s, having set the early pace with a 2m04.121s. It wouldn’t be
As part of a push to increase overtaking opportunities around the reconfigured Albert Park circuit, the FIA has increased the number of DRS zones around the track. And a fortnight on from the bizarre scenes at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, where Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc played cat and mouse with the final DRS
8:27 AM ET Sebastian Vettel took an unorthodox way back to the pit lane during a Friday practice session at the Australian Grand Prix, and it cost him €5,000. Vettel was forced to stop his Aston Martin at Turn 10 of Melbourne’s Albert Park circuit after suffering a loss of power. To get back to
With 15 minutes to go in first free practice, Vettel suffered a loss of power, forcing him to pull up his AMR22 car at the side of the track at Turn 10. After the chequered flag, Vettel used a marshal’s scooter to make his way back to the pitlane, running on the final sector of
The three-time race winner has been a stable of Ducati’s line-up since he joined Pramac in 2018, with the Australian earning a step up to the factory squad last year. He finished fourth in the points having scored two wins in 2021, albeit 61 points adrift of runner-up team-mate Francesco Bagnaia. Miller’s future with Ducati
Brad Keselowski and RFK Racing were docked 100 driver and owner points, while crew chief Matt McCall was fined $100,000 and suspended for four races, after it was discovered that that illegal modifications to parts supplied by NASCAR were run on the 2012 Cup Series champion’s #6 Ford Mustang. The penalty dropped new team co-owner Keselowski, who
With Audi and Porsche poised to confirm their F1 entries for 2026 once new rules have been finalised, the focus has been on how the two German car manufacturers will secure their places on the grid. While it is looking increasingly likely that Porsche will tie-up with Red Bull, and make use of the team’s
6:35 PM ET Associated Press LONG BEACH, Calif. — Alex Zanardi has been invited back to the Long Beach Grand Prix time and time again in any official race role he wanted. The Italian was informed he would be inducted into the Walk of Fame, but Zanardi was always too busy. Training for the Paralympics,
The two-time F1 world champion is contesting the second season of his third stint at the Enstone team, with which he won his two championship titles in 2005 and ’06. After scoring a podium in Qatar in 2021 and aiding team-mate Esteban Ocon’s quest to land his maiden win in Hungary last year by defending
The Honda rider was thrown from his bike during warm-up at Mandalika last month and suffered a concussion, which ruled him out of the Indonesian GP. He then started to suffer from diplopia – or double vision – which ruled him out of two races in 2021, and was forced to sit out the Argentina
Mercedes’ 2022 challenger is unchanged for this weekend’s returning Melbourne race compared to the previous event in Jeddah, where the Silver Arrows squad was further behind pacesetters Red Bull and Ferrari than it had been at the season opener in Bahrain. The W13 is suffering with severe porpoising at top speed, plus considerable extra weight
11:01 PM ET Associated Press MARTINSVILLE, Va. — William Byron raced to his first NASCAR Truck Series victory since 2016 on Thursday night at Martinsville Speedway. Byron, in just his second Truck Series start since 2016, led a race-high 94 of the 200 laps and grabbed the lead after Stage 2. Byron outdueled Johnny Sauter
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Maserati had announced its entry into Formula E as a new manufacturer earlier in the year, but only as a supplier to an existing team on the grid – similar to fellow Stellantis subsidiary DS and its arrangement with Techeetah. The partnership with Venturi will begin from the incoming Gen3 era for Formula E’s ninth
Quartararo currently sits fifth in the championship after a mixed start to 2022, with a lack of grip in Qatar and Argentina – married to the M1’s lack of horsepower relative to its rivals – leaving him ninth and eighth. He had hoped that a strong run to second in the wet Indonesian GP after
Rick Mears will join Mario Andretti, Emerson Fittipaldi, George Follmer, Dan Gurney, Jim Hall, David Hobbs, Parnelli Jones, Roger Penske, Brian Redman and Bobby Unser on the list of legends to be honoured by the Road Racing Drivers Club in Long Beach later today. The evening’s emcee and RRDC president Bobby Rahal, along with organiser
A lot has changed since the last time the paddock congregated in Melbourne – including the Albert Park circuit itself, which has undergone a number of changes to try and improve the on-track spectacle. But one of the biggest talking points heading into the race weekend is the decision to have four DRS zones around
The Barwell Motorsport Lamborghini crew’s participation had been thrown into doubt by a Motorsport UK ruling following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which barred Russian license-holders from competing in Britain. Barwell has not formally commented on the development but a British GT statement said that Machitski, who has previously held a UK license, and Danish driver
The Japanese team has been nominated randomly by the FIA to carry out the three-day test on Croatia’s asphalt roads with championship leader Kalle Rovanpera set to complete the mileage. This is the first of three Pirelli in-season tests with the remaining outings to be carried out by M-Sport Ford and Hyundai Motorsport. Pirelli will
The Spaniard has been spearheading Aprilia’s project since 2017 and has endured years of hardship developing the RS-GP, to the point where he contemplated quitting prior to the pandemic. But significant progress with the RS-GP in recent years culminated in Espargaro storming to pole and the win in a tense race at Termas de Rio
Alonso ground to a halt during the race due to what turned out to be a water pump issue that in turn caused damage to his internal combustion engine, and led the latter being lost from his pool for the rest of the season. The ICE was new for the Jeddah weekend after the Spaniard
7:25 AM ET On Thursday, Feb. 24, Russian military began an invasion of Ukraine that caused shock and outrage across the world. For Formula One, it cast the relationship of the Haas team with Dimitry Mazepin and title sponsor Uralkali in a different light. As various sports began banning Russian involvement and withdrawing from commercial
The Ferrari academy driver, brother of Formula 1 driver Charles, topped the timesheets with a 1m29.366s set on Wednesday afternoon at the Spanish circuit. Leclerc also led the morning session, and topped Tuesday morning’s rain-hampered running with a 1m40.202s, half a second clear of second placed Roman Stanek (Trident). Championship leader Victor Martins finished the
MotoGP returns to the United States just one week after a dramatic Argentina GP weekend, which was won by Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro – marking his first grand prix win and the first for Aprilia in the modern era. It was a weekend plagued by delays, after freight problems forced Friday’s action to be cancelled. PLUS:
One area that has changed significantly and has caused some early dramas for a number of teams is the brakes. Teams had built a reliance on the brake assembly for a number of reasons, all of which have been reduced significantly as part of a push to reduce costs and improve the racing. Firstly, the allowable brake disc diameter has been increased
5:43 AM ET The organiser of the debuting Miami Grand Prix wants to create an event which stands out as completely unique on the Formula One schedule. Miami will host its first F1 race on May 8 on a circuit which surrounds Hard Rock Stadium, home of the Miami Dolphins. A computerised rendering of the